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LAHORE, (MILLAT+APP): A 16-member Turkish delegation of
Family Health Experts and Drug Tracking System Experts led by
Minister for Health Republic of Turkey Dr. Recep Akdag will
reach here on December 24.
This delegation would give a final shape to the measures
for implementation of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed
during the recent visit of Turk President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
to Lahore at Hazoori Bagh reception.
A meeting, presided over by Additional Chief Secretary
Punjab Shamail Ahmad Khawaja to review arrangements in
connection with the tour agenda, was held here on Wednesday at
the Civil Secretariat.
These include drug tracking system, transformation, new
family medicine system, early warning response system,
hospital management through public private partnership and
outsourcing of various non-core clinical services and drug
testing as well as pathological laboratories.
The meeting decided to appoint Additional Secretary
Health Zaheer Abbas as Director Monitoring with five Turkish
consultants who would stay in Lahore after the scheduled tour
to implement the pilot projects under MoU with the Turkish
government.
The meeting was informed that the visiting Turkish
delegation would also visit Drug Testing Laboratory Multan and
DTL Faisalabad. Turkish Minister for Health will inaugurate
Recep Tayyip Erdogan Hospital Muzaffargarh during his visit in
the fourth week of December this year.
Secretary Primary & Secondary Healthcare Ali Jan Khan,
Secretary Specialized Healthcare & Medical Education Najam
Ahmad Shah, DG Punjab Healthcare Commission Dr. Mushtaq Ahmad
Sulehria, Acting Chief Executive Officer Punjab Public Health
Agency Dr. Shabnum Sarfraz, Member Health P&D Dr. Shabana
Haider, Addl. Secretary Health Dr. Faisal Zahoor, DG Health
Services Punjab Dr. Syed Mukhtar Ahmad Shah, Chief Executive
Mayo Hospital Lahore Prof. Dr. Asad Aslam Khan and other
senior officers participated in the meeting.